The Savannah tribune. [volume] (Savannah [Ga.]) 1876-1960, 1887-02-19
SOUTHERN ITEMS.
NEWS NOTES GATHERED
FROM VARIOUS SECTIONS.
SOUTH CAROLINA.

The parties to the robbery of Mr.. Eli
sons house, in Fairfield county, have
been caught. The nurse and three of her
friends are the guilty ones They are all
in jail now, having been incarcerated
after preliminary hearing before Trial
Justice CathCart The money was recov-
cred. The Jail is rapidly filing up as
court approaches.
A company of twelve men from Illinois
have leased for term of years the gold
mine Of Frank Anderson, in the Willing
ton neighbOrhood near Abbeville. The
lease was entered into after personal in
spection ST the mine by two of the party.
The company has sufficient capital to de
velop the mine, and from all accounts
they will get rich at the business.
Mr. J. ]. eGoodwin, who lived near
Scranton, was killed in a very singular
manner. He was hauling timber
with two oxen, when one of the wheels
of his wagon struck a stump He went
to the tongue of his wagon to guide it 50
as to let the wheel of the wagon clear the
stump, and while thus engaged the oxen
started off, and, before he could get out
of the way, the piece Of timber that he
was hauling caught his leg between log
that was lying on the ground, and liter
ally peeled the flesh off to the bone.
Medical aid was summoned as soon as
posi- BILE, but before relief could be rem
dered he bled to death
An inquest was held in Greenville on
the body of Echo Kilgore, an old colored
man from Arkansas. He was once a tan
ner in the city, but went to Arkansas
several years ago in the hope of lettering
his condition. 1t appears from the evil
dence before the coroner that on his way
home he was thrown or fell from train
on the Western and Atlantic road near
near Lily Pond, Ga, on Friday, the 14th
of January Whe he reached Greenville
he was in Semi-uucOnsciOus condition,
and he never gave any explanation Of his
misfortune. 1t is thought there was foul
play, and the case has been committed to
Captain A. Blythe, who will investigate
the matter.
Robert Jones, colored, a convict from
RichIand county, was killed while work
ing on the Columbia canal by the caving
in of an embankment Jones was
digging out the earth from the foot Of
the embankment and had dug in until he
had made a cave in the bank Suddenly
the mass of earth above gave way and
descended upon the unfortunate work
man, burying him alive. The other con
victs Immediately went to the rescue and
dug away the earth as fast as possible,
but when the man was found he was
dead, having been horribly crushed and
mangled besides having been under
ground sufficient length of time to have
been suffocated to death. twenty-five
months ago Jones was convicted of bur
glary and larceny and sentenced from
Richland county to five years in the pen
itentiary This is the second fatal acct
dent of the kind which has occurred on
the canal in the past six months
NORTH CAROLINA.
A board of aldermen Of Goldsboro held
a special meeting last week and decided
to take immediate steps towards giving
Goldsboro an adequate system Of water
works
Rev VIM. A. Mcdonald, who has
served a pastor of Philadelphia Presby-
terrain church, Of Mccklcnburg county,
continuously for the past twenty-five
years, died suddenly Of heart disease, at
the old Morris homestead.
The news from the fishermen in the
Albemarle and Pamlico sounds section is
that the catch Of fish is large Herrings
were never so abundant thus early in the
season, and white shad of large size are
being caught in great numbers.
a bold robbery was committed on Bull
creek, Madison county, on Tuesday night.
The stores Of John Bruce and Merritt
White were broken into and robbed Of
money and goods. Bruce recovered
about 500 worth Of Lis goods, finding
them hid under a rock cliff in the noun
tains about three miles distant from the
store No clue to the thief
Henry Arts, colored. was recently
sentenced to be hanged at Goldsboro, for
the murder Of his stepdaughter lie is
in a dreadful condition Of mind He Is
to be hanged the first Friday in March
He says be was drunk at the time he beat
out the girls brains. He cries and screams
ceaselessly. and it is thought may die Of
grief and fright before the day of execu
ton.